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Instead, the lawyers for Mr. Richard at the Texas Defender Service came under harsh criticism: “The majority of the problems involving the Richard execution were the responsibility of the T.D.S.,” he wrote.

The Texas Defender Service took issue with the judge’s findings, saying, “Shifting the responsibility to ensure access to justice away from the court and to T.D.S. is akin to blaming a paramedic for a car crash victim’s injuries.”